Monsoon is coming.

It looks very menacing, like a billowing monsoon cloud or thunderstorm.

The climate is semi arid monsoon, with a low average temperature of .

The roads across Bangladesh are shabby (Editors note because of heavy rains this monsoon).

Luckily, the monsoon has begun in Kerala and will soon move travel across the country.

Much of the northern part of the country has a tropical, predominantly summer rainfall (monsoon) climate.

The area receives less rain in the winter but is closer to the Arizona Monsoon in the summer.

The village is surrounded by the Torsa river on three sides and boats do not ply in the monsoon.

Honestly, we should just call it the monsoon but the term is more defined by when the rains hit India.

On August 29, monsoon downpours caused havoc in Mumbai, collapsing transport systems in the megacity of over 18 million residents.

Much of the agricultural output is dependent on the southwest monsoon as only 26.5 of the sown area is irrigated.

Amritsar has a semiarid climate, typical of Northwestern India and experiences four seasons primarily winter season (December to March) with temperature ranges from to about , summer season (April to June) where temperatures can reach , monsoon season (July to September) and post monsoon season (October to November).

In summer, the state, especially southern and eastern Utah, lies in the path of monsoon moisture from the Gulf of California.

Instead of becoming more modern, agriculture remained as dependent as ever on erratic monsoon rains and became even more volatile in its production.

Thousands of migrant workers are employed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), India's wealthiest civic body, for the pre monsoon cleanup every year.

Glaciers are melting at a frightening rate and along with the weakening Indian monsoon, this has implications for future water supplies in the region.

The Chinese film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon became the highest grossing non English film, and Indian movies like Monsoon Wedding were global box office successes.

December and January are dry and pleasant as compared to the warm summers that dominate through the late spring (March) to the pre monsoon season (June).

This summer, northern India experienced one of its heaviest monsoon seasons in 80 years, leaving more than 800 people dead and forcing another 100,000 from their homes.

humans might react badly to such changes, because changes in monsoon patterns or sea levels and the ensuing economic distress could provoke massive political unrest, refugee movements, and violent conflict.

Arizona has an average annual rainfall of , which comes during two rainy seasons, with cold fronts coming from the Pacific Ocean during the winter and a monsoon in the summer.

The southwest monsoon wind begins to blow in mid February and continues until the end of September, whereas the cool northerly wind blows during the winter months from October to January.

Mr PM, I see the newsflash, the attack in Nice, France, is screened followed by the attempted military coup in Turkey, along with the report on the monsoon rains in southern India.

The village does not have a Primary Health Centre either and in the monsoon months, it becomes difficult to get to the nearest hospital, making it particularly difficult for women to access maternal health care.

This year s heavy monsoon rains have wrought havoc in the area, severing road connections, washing away bridges, and rendering over half a million people homeless in these mountains without dwellings, farmlands, moveable assets, or even graveyards.

Triggered by the southwest monsoon that typically arrives in late May, heavy rains caused the rivers Kalu, Kelani, Gin, Nilwala, and Attanagalu Oya to spill over their banks in 15 districts, located in the country's southern and western regions.

Over 65 of Indian workers continue to earn their livelihood on the land, yet as the economy adjusted to the 1990's reforms, the amount of capital available for government investment in agriculture fell. Instead of becoming more modern, agriculture remained as dependent as ever on erratic monsoon rains and became even more volatile in its production.